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New York Shack Burger Crackers
Mini Shake Shack inspired cracker burgers are a great game-time snack
Fake Shack Sauce adapted from J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
New York Shack Burger Crackers
About This Recipe
| Yield: | makes 16 cracker burgers |
| Active time: | 25 minutes |
| Total time: | 25 minutes |
| This recipe appears in: | Serious Entertaining: NFL Team-Themed Platters (Crackers and Toppings) |
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 4 slices American cheese, each slice cut into 4 equal squares
- 16 1-inch pieces butter lettuce
- 32 crackers, such as Ritz
- For Sauce:
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 tablespoon ketchup
- 1/2 tablespoon yellow mustard
- 2 slices kosher dill pickle
- 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/8 teaspoon paprika
- Pinch cayenne pepper
Procedures
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1
Form beef into 1-inch patties. Heat a grill pan over medium high heat. Add as many patties as can fit without crowding the pan then grill until just cooked through, 1-2 minutes per side.
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2
Top each cracker with one piece butter lettuce. Top with beef patty, then one teaspoon sauce. Top patty with one piece American cheese, then finish with one cracker.
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3
To Make Shack Sauce: Combine all ingredients in blender until smooth, scraping down sides of blender with rubber spatula as necessary.
